High-quality assessment items provide meaningful evidence of student learning and support instructional decision-making at every level, especially in the classroom. But what are high-quality items and how can you design and evaluate items to ensure they are high quality? In this interactive session, participants will learn about the core principles and best practices for developing and evaluating high-quality assessment items and key concepts such as alignment to learning targets, common item-writing pitfalls and misconceptions, and the use of evidence-centered design to ensure assessments elicit meaningful and actionable evidence of student learning. The session also highlights system-level approaches to strengthening assessment literacy and improving classroom assessment practices across schools and districts.
